ACTIVITY DIRECTOR CLASS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST 2026
PRACTICE SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
●● professional organization.
Answer: nonprofit organization that works to improve the image,
working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations
●● activism.
Answer: The practice of pursuing political or other goals through
vigorous action, often including protests and demonstrations
●● CMS.
Answer: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services federal agency
overseeing skilled nursing facilities
●● life course perspective.
Answer: How one experiences a timetable of life events and society
looks upon how a person chooses his / her life choices
●● Theories of Aging.
, Answer: Various theories as to why we age - two categories - genetic
and wear and tear theories
●● Abraham Maslow.
Answer: Hierarchy of needs with self-actualization being the ultimate
psychological need
Lower level needs=survival/safety
Higher level needs=intellectual achievement and finally self-
actualization
●● Erik Erikson.
Answer: Known for his 8-stages of life and how one responds to life
experiences in those stages would mold personality
●● Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.
Answer: psychologist who created the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger,
bargaining, depression, acceptance
●● cohort effect.
Answer: consequences of being born in a particular year or time period
and dealing with its own pressures, problems, challenges, and
opportunities
●● cumulative disadvantage.
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST 2026
PRACTICE SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
●● professional organization.
Answer: nonprofit organization that works to improve the image,
working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations
●● activism.
Answer: The practice of pursuing political or other goals through
vigorous action, often including protests and demonstrations
●● CMS.
Answer: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services federal agency
overseeing skilled nursing facilities
●● life course perspective.
Answer: How one experiences a timetable of life events and society
looks upon how a person chooses his / her life choices
●● Theories of Aging.
, Answer: Various theories as to why we age - two categories - genetic
and wear and tear theories
●● Abraham Maslow.
Answer: Hierarchy of needs with self-actualization being the ultimate
psychological need
Lower level needs=survival/safety
Higher level needs=intellectual achievement and finally self-
actualization
●● Erik Erikson.
Answer: Known for his 8-stages of life and how one responds to life
experiences in those stages would mold personality
●● Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.
Answer: psychologist who created the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger,
bargaining, depression, acceptance
●● cohort effect.
Answer: consequences of being born in a particular year or time period
and dealing with its own pressures, problems, challenges, and
opportunities
●● cumulative disadvantage.
